Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket

Missing Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White broke protocol when she escorted inmate Casey White from jail this morning to apparently take him to the courthouse in Lauderdale County, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including during transportation to court.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to courtroom and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I think she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are actually looking at all potentialities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't handle that till we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, until we are able to completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff stated Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities did not notice they were missing till several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping center parking zone round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been involved and tried to reach her, however her cellphone saved going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought-about armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.